Adjustable garment.



A. FUERST.

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT.

APPLIcAloN min APR. 14. |911.

Patented ,J an. 1, 1918.

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karefsewed tothe garment sections if?` and 4b vat opposite sides of `the placket, where they ing said sections with their linings 4 0. The adjusting:v ends 8 and 9 and-fthe tab ends-7 are exposed' and accessible', and, as "stated, at the same side of the waistband. They may be brought outside of the4 garment, as a belt, or they may be located inside, as desired. l

The means for fastening the free ends of the strips in successive positions comprise rows of concealed fastener members 14 on the under side of thejends 8 to coperate with one or two complementary fastener elements 15 toward the extremity of thetab ends 7, and a similarrow 14: beneath the outer of the two ends 9 coperating with one 'or two elements v15 on the other end 9.. .The

sliding engagement of the coperating ends 7 and 8, 9 and 9 is secured by slide loops 16. For additional guidance the end portions of the strip 5 may pass through loops or'double slits 17 on or in the strips 6. v

With such a garment and waistband a symmetrical adjustment is secured by Inaking corresponding displacements, at the three fastener regions. This adjustment may be in the direction either of a lengthening or a shortening of the waist-line. The construction is such that pulling in opposite directions upon the ends 7 and 8 at opposite sides of an adjustable section 2 draws.,such section together, producing a puckered or .gathered effect andshortening the circumferential, extent of thergarment, whereaspulling 1n the Vsame directions upon the adjacent body portions of' the same strips extends the section.

`Before this, can occur, of course, the 4fasten ers must be shifted for letting out,

Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate a manner of applying the invention to a skirt having a sidefrontl placket. In this skirt there is an in- 'extensible back section 1a, extensible and oontractible athered side sections 2, and inextensible, ront sections 4a and 4b. Because. the placket is not directly in front, one

lof these front sections is narrower than the othei lThe narrowersecti'on is `need f not `,con stitute a separate gore, but may be ,merely lan ungathered extension of the adjacent puckered, side portion 2a. The ,relationslof points 11,1. The str'ips aresewedres'pectively to the Vouter` margins of these sections atl2 The outer po'rtions" offthe strips 6 are preferably, concealed. in pockets 13".

tions `of t,he strips 5? and 6?*jbetwee1-1 the points of attachment 11a and'lQBL-are freeto slide; Thegstrips y6et 'cross through slots 10 iny 'tfherstri` 5 inthe manner heretofore described. yghe ends' 8 emergefrom theouter connect b similar fasteners with the double tab 7d. his tab is secured to the garment and to the 4underlying strip 6a by stitching v20 at its middle, both ends being free. Guide loops 16 are provided Aat-the extremities of -thoendsand of one of the ends 9a as in the other construction. In vthis particular instance it will be observed the` adjustment fastenings connecting one of the ends 8a with .the double tab 7 a. must be undone and fastened together when the garment is taken oif or put on.

In Figs. 5 and 6 there is shown a skirt having the side-front placket and a single adjustable section 2c, which is located centrally at the back. Extending from opposite sides of this section to the placket are inextensible sections, those at one side of the back being designated generally 4c and those at the opposite side 4d. The adjusting waistband in this construction consists of two main strips 5C and 6. The outer ends of these strips are secured by sewing tothe waist-line portionof the garment at opposite sidesA ofthe placket, andtheir body portions may .also be sewed to the arment throughout part or all of the circum erential One of these. tabsis sewed at 21. atfits outer end to the garment and to the outerend .of

r theustrip 5. The other tab l7d may be sewed at 22 to the garment and to the strip 6 `at a substantial distance .from the placket.

justment.

In any of the forms of the invention, the

"In this form of. the', invention .the principlel .is the same as before, the main difference being that there are only two points of adgarment -can be readily enlarged or contracted according to conditions and without alteration, and lsuch adjustment is symmetrical, derangement ofrany'portion of the garmentbeing avoided. Because of the manner `of securing. the adjustment the garment;4 cannot cause .dlscomfortv 0r present an ungalnly appearance or impede `the .free move- .ment of'the wearer, and at all times the armentwill hang..1 n,..c0, rrect position. ,t t is fio V opposite latera portions o i extensib versely across the same and terminating in end portions, drawing upon which contracts the extensible section while shifting themy in the opposite directions lets it out, one of said strips crossing through the others'o that c both said end rtions are ositioned atfthe same side of t e waistband: and means for fastening these end portions to other portions of the waistband in successive and corresponding positions.

2."The1combination with a arment comltransversely extensib e and inex- `tensib e sections, the extensible `part being gathered, of an adjusting! waistband com-- prising overlapping strips adapted to be displaced longitudinally with respect to each tothe opposite lateral portions of the same ev gathered y revers'ely across the same and terminating in G0111 of this patentmay vbe obtained for Lannoo y a garment comres ectively to the other,\two strips being secured respectivelyr section and extending c end portions beyond 'said section, drawingi yupon these ends contracting the,k section while?` shifting them in the op yOsi'te directions lets v it out, the said extensi 1e gathered section having a pocket therein rthrough which the-,xlv

overlapping. portions of the said stri ys may n 4o,

slide, theirendA portions bein accessi le and at the same sideof the waist nd, one of the strips being crossed through the other, andv .fi

means for'fastening the accessible end-portions of thesaid strips'in successivecorrearment comspending positions. s

`3. The combination with a prising transversely extensib e and inextensible sections, of an adjusting waistband y l comprising overlapping y'strips adapted to be displaced longitudinally withrespect to` each other, two stripsbeing securedfrepe" 'tively tothe opposite lateral portions ol vthe same extensible section andl extending jreversely across the same andv'terminating in end portions, drawing uponwhich contracts the extensible section While shifting them in the opposite directions lets itiout, one of c said stripsvcrossing through the other yso that j both said endv portions are positioned at the i.

sameside of the waistband, otherv stri s with which said gend portions are sllda ly engaged, and rowsof concealed fastenings `for f connecting said c end portions with the cooperating strips.

ALFRED` FUERsT.

ve cents each, by addressing the commissioner `at Intento, fv f wanungtnmv- 0J y f 

